Ultimate Classic Rock Staff
Mohawked Robot Plays Ramones Song on Drums
If you’re the drummer in a Ramones tribute band, watch out — this robot’s coming for your job. Check out this four-armed, mohawked machine as it sets the pace on the band’s 1976 anthem ‘Blitzkreig Bop.’
Nikki Sixx’s Girlfriend Planning Birthday Striptease at Motley Crue Show
Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx‘s longtime girlfriend Courtney Bingham is reportedly planning to treat the rocker and the band’s fans to a special burlesque show — and it’s not even his birthday.
Hear Metallica, Chickenfoot + More Perform Deep Purple ‘Machine Head’ Classics From New Covers Album
Based on the six songs we’ve heard so far from the upcoming Deep Purple tribute album ‘Re-Machined: A Tribute to ‘Machine Head’,’ fans are in for a much bigger treat than the sometimes dubious cover album format often delivers.
Lollapalooza Takes Saturday Afternoon Break Due to Pending Storms
The weather can be a little extreme in Chicago during August, and Lollapalooza festivalgoers found that out firsthand Saturday as the festival was shut down and evacuated due to a severe thunderstorm warning in the area.
Black Sabbath Make Triumphant U.S. Return at Lollapalooza
It’s the moment many U.S. fans have been anxiously awaiting since Black Sabbath announced their reunion plans with Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, and the group’s Lollapalooza performance was definitely a triumph.
Don Felder, ‘Fall From the Grace of Love’ – Song Premiere
Don Felder, former guitarist for the Eagles, will release his first solo album in nearly three decades, ‘Road to Forever,’ on Oct. 9. The record’s lead track, ‘Fall From the Grace of Love,’ can be heard below.
Robert Plant Says He ‘Eloped and Ran Off to Texas’
If Robert Plant seems to have an extra bounce to his step nowadays, it just might be because he’s found himself a lovely and talented new bride, specifically, his Band of Joy bandmate Patty Griffin. Now all he needs, seemingly, is a better place to live.
Sammy Hagar Reveals The Story Behind ‘Big Foot’
When you crawl inside the inner workings of Chickenfoot, you learn the band uses some pretty interesting methods to write songs. Guitarist Joe Satriani, for example, names his guitar riffs, and his title for the first single from the band’s most recent album ‘III’ wound up sticking for good.
Is This Your Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy?
Video of a mostly topless woman dancing seductively — for no apparent reason, on the side of the road, in the middle of the day — to Bad Company‘s ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy’ is making the rounds on the video viral circuit and generally making us question humankind’s purpose on earth today.
ABC News: Andy Gibb Died of ‘Fart Failure’
With all the sad news of rock veterans and legends passing away in recent days and weeks, including the death of Bee Gees founder Robin Gibb on Sunday, we hope you can forgive us for indulging in a quick moment of levity.
Rumors That Van Halen ‘Hate Each Other’ Emerge in Wake of Tour Postponement
With no official word from the Van Halen camp about the reasons behind yesterday’s sudden postponement of over 30 dates on their summer 2012 tour schedule, speculation has set in, some of it focused on the reportedly testy relationship between David Lee Roth and his bandmates.
Journey’s ‘Faithfully’ Performed by Hollie Cavanagh on ‘American Idol’
Hollie Cavanagh performed Journey‘s 1983 smash hit ballad ‘Faithfully’ on ‘American Idol‘ tonight, and though she tried gamely, it seemed some of the song’s vocal range and urgency eluded her.